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" Every fight, I'm fighting blind opponents. I don't know who it's going to be, who I'm fighting, if I'm really fighting them. "

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" I don't see a superstar out there. I don't see Georges St-Pierre coming back. "

" I don't come and fight for fun. I don't do that. I don't like to hurt people for fun. "

" I don't like not having a job. Especially when I started Mixed Martial Arts, this was all I could do. "

" Whoever has lost a fight in the UFC and hasn't wanted to fight that guy the next day shouldn't be in the sport. "

" I'm fighting hard; I'm training hard. I'm still walking over people and stepping over people to get where I'm going, and I would really like to give back, especially to my mom, who was there for me when I was a kid. "

" People like to talk a lot about me, about how I have anxiety or social disorders. I'll admit to anxiety, but it has nothing to do with media or being in front of a camera or being around people. It has to do with dealing with the sparring that I'm going to have or the workouts that I'm going to have from day to day. "

" There was a rumor I was walking around at 183 pounds. When I left my room to fight Conor McGregor, I was 179 pounds. That means by the time I walked in the cage, I was probably 175, 174 pounds. "

" I walk around - people know who I am. I've got friends. I can make ends meet. I grew up around people who have been hustling from the start, so I think I've got a bright little future ahead of me - especially if I don't fight. Why would I want to go out there and fight with somebody, get my face punched and kicked. It's not my idea of a good time. "

" I'm the only person in this sport, for the most part, that ain't on steroids. Now there's new rules in effect, yeah, you've got guys not on steroids now, but they used to be. They've always been on steroids. "

" I've lost fights before where I'm landing more punches and I'm moving away from the guy. So, the way that they score things at the end doesn't seem very consistent to me. "

" I win by submissions, knockouts. There's guys ranked above me, but no one's interested in seeing them fight. They want to see me fight. "

" I need a vacation anyway. They fight me too much. I'm not going to be the one to back out of these fights. "

" If I had been thinking business since I was 21, I'd be a rich man right now. "

" My parents moved around Stockton and Lodi. I had a lot of anxiety about jumping into another classroom. They were always putting me in special ed. But I was smart; I wasn't like these kids in the special-ed classes. But it would make me feel a little bit stupid. "

" I'm not sure what the UFC's agenda is when it comes to me. It's their show, their press. They can change to whatever they want to do at any point. They own this thing. They can do whatever they want. "

" I'm trying to stay focused on what I'm doing. I don't want a whole lot of things going on - people to call back, or text messages or whatever. I chill out, relax a little bit, and then I don't have those issues. "

" Once I turned pro, I was like,' OK, this is not fun and games now. This is me. I'm going to come, and I work on karma. I'm not going to go after somebody if I don't have a reason behind it, so as soon as there is some sort of a reason for me to do something that I need to do, then I'll do it.' "

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" Money talks. I want the biggest fight. Whoever I've got to fight - the biggest show, biggest payday - that's what I want. "

" People don't understand: I've had 37 fights, three to five fights every year, for 17 years. That does something to somebody. These suspensions are the only vacations I've ever had. "

" If you don't find time to meditate and get all that negative out, and if you don't have the right people being positive around you, this is a very scary job to have if you don't learn how to control your fear. "

" I always took a fight; I always took everybody. I fought everybody. "

" I'm scared of any fighter I've ever fought because they are some dangerous people to be dealing with. That's also where the anxiety comes from. "

" If anybody's getting a shot, somebody's getting a shot against me because I'm the guy to beat. "

" I want to go against the best fighters. That's why I'm always calling out Georges St-Pierre. I don't have anything against Georges St-Pierre. I think he's a great fighter. "

" Me calling out Roy Jones is disrespectful. "